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                     Release 1.1 for DOS, Linux, and Unix 
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The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was the most 
popular home video game system of the early 1980's.  Now you can enjoy all of 
your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella! 

Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator written in C++.  Stella 
allows you to play most of the games written for the Atari 2600 including 
Supercharger games.

This is the 1.1 release of Stella for DOS, Linux, and Unix.  Distributions
for other operating systems will appear as they become available.  The three 
distributions currently available are:

  * Binary distribution for Linux (stella-1.1-linux-x86.tar.gz)

  * Binary distribution for DOS (st11.zip)

  * Source code distribution for Unix and DOS (stella-1.1-src.tar.gz)

A few 2600 ROM images, BIN files, are included with these distributions.
BEYOND THESE FILES NONE OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS CONTAIN ANY 2600 ROM IMAGES.
PLEASE DON'T WRITE ASKING FOR ROMS BECAUSE THEY ARE COPYRIGHTED!  If you 
own any of the Atari 2600 Action Packs by Activision you can use the ROM 
images from them with Stella. 

New in this Release
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  * DOS and Linux versions support real Atari 2600 paddles using a
    special PC game port adaptor

  * Linux version uses the new 1.2.x joystick driver API

  * Added support for the "-display" option to the X Window version

  * Added support for private colormaps to the X Window version

  * Fixed a few bugs in the Supercharger emulation

    - A major bug in the ROM loading routine was fixed

    - Multi-loading in "Escape from the Mindmaster" works correctly

    - All Supercharger games load and execute at this point

  * Added a small hack to the TIA code to fix a display problem in "Escape
    from the Mindmaster"

  * Improved TIA emulation to support the RESPx multi-sprite trick

Distribution Site
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The Stella distributions can be obtained from the Stella home page at:

  http://stella.atari.org

If for some reason you are unable to connect to this page please try 
again later or try http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bwmott/2600/.

Contacts
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If you have any questions regarding Stella send mail to:

  Bradford W. Mott (bwmott@acm.org)

Have Fun!